Coolmore Ireland 2019 Brochure

Unbeaten Stakes winner at 2, Merchant Navy proved himself Australia’s best sprinter of his generation at 3 when winning Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes over six furlongs. Unbeaten in two starts for Aidan O’Brien he proved more than able for Europe’s best sprinters winning the Group 2 Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh and the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. This was despite being weighted as an older horse when still only three in his birthplace. His sire Fastnet Rock has already proven himself a major success in Europe and as a sire of sires. So watch this space!

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